Stena ups freight rates, plans switch to methanol fueling
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 — The new sulfur limits that will apply within the North European SECA area from January 1, 2015, are good news for the environment but pose a particular challenge
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Aker Philly lays keel of first Crowley JV Jones Act tanker
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS), held a ceremonial keel laying today for the first of four 50,000
Tropical Shipping now a Saltchuk business unit
SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 — Steel drums and a traditional Bahamian Junkanoo dance troop entertained a crowd of more than 325 Tropical Shipping employees as they celebrated the 51-year old company and its
World’s leading maritime trade fair doesn’t disappoint
SEPTEMBER 14, 2014—Every two years, the shipping and shipbuilding world descends on Hamburg, Germany, for SMM, a week-long, mind-boggling smorgasbord of marine technology and innovation on display at more than 2,100 booths
NASSCO starts construction of APT Jones Act tankers
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014—Activity at U.S. shipyards is booming and it’s nowhere more apparent than at the San Diego shipyard of General Dynamics NASSCO. Yesterday the shipyard held a steel cutting ceremony for
Vard Marine awarded US Patent for Dual Fuel Vessel
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014—Naval architectural and marine engineering specialist Vard Marine, formerly STX Marine, has been awarded a U.S. Patent for its design and engineering of a Dual Fuel Vessel. Due for delivery
House panel told: U.S. commercial shipyards are booming
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 — “The state of the U.S. commercial shipyard industry is the strongest it has been in decades,” Matthew Paxton, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), today told
Wärtsilä launches Mk II version of tanker design
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 — Wärtsilä has launched a Mk II version of its SK 5054 chemical and oil products tanker design. More than 60 Wärtsilä SK 5054 design vessels have already been
Sembcorp Marine acquires SSP Offshore assets
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 — Singapore headquartered Sembcorp Marine reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd has signed a sales and purchase agreement with SSP Offshore to acquire substantially all its
First containership order for Wärtsilä DF two-stroke
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 — The first containerships to use Wärtsilä’s two-stroke, low pressure, dual-fuel technology will be a series of new 1,400 TEU Baltic feeder vessels being built for GNS Shipping GmbH